Insertible-leaf record-book.



111,782,413. PATBNTED FEB. 14, 1905.

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PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAB. a1, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 14, 1905'.

PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN C. NEUNER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, y ASSIGNOR OFy ONE- THIRD TO NELLE F.\JOHNSON, OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.

` INSERTIBLE-LEAF RECORD-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,413, dated.` February 14, 1905.

y Application filed March V31, 1903. Serial No. 150,437.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN C. N EUNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and 4State of California, have invented a new and The invention may be employed for bound collections of leaves, any of which may be re'- moved, if desired; but in the use to which I contemplate putting the invention the completed book will be so constructed as to prevent the removal of any of the leaves Without cutting or tearing the same, making a permanent and safe record-book.

Another object is to provide a practically indestructible record-book having no sewing which may give way and being provided with a metal back which permanently retains its form and prevents the leaves from becoming separated. y

rIhe accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure I is a fragmental view of the improved book open. In this vieW a number of leaves are shown inserted and the form locked. Fig. II is a fragmental view of the recordbook corresponding to that shown in Fig. I With the form open ready for the insertion or removal of a sheet. Fig. III is an enlarged fragmental detail illustrating the construction of the locking member and locking-bar. Fig. IV is an end view of the book, taking in parts near the back only. The covers are open and the book is shovvn half-filled with sheets,which for illustrative purposes are shown standing vertically. Fig. V is a detail in side elevation of an end portion of theleaf-holder. Fig.VI

is a longitudinal section of a portion of the locking member and locking-bar, showing tWo standards locked in place. Fig. VII is a side elevation, with a side wall removed, of a portion of the locking member and shows the locking-bar mounted therein.

1 is the metal back, formed of a strip of sheet Inetal semicircular in cross-section.

2 is a bed-plate fastened to one edge of the 55 back l. Y

3 represents the standards,which may be of any appropriate number, fastened to the bedplate and each provided with a notch 4, forming a shoulder 5 at thefree end.

6 is the locking memberhinged to the other edge of the backk 1 by hinges/7 and provided with openings 8 to receive the standards 3 and provided with a locking-bar 9, arranged to slide in the locking member 6 to engage the 65 notched or shouldered ends of the standards when they are inserted into the openings in the locking member. The object of hinging the locking member to the back 1 is to enable said member to be more readily detached from the standards and swung away therefrom, as indicated in Fig. II, to allow insertion of new sheets. The locking member is desirably of tubular form, and the locking-bar slides end-l Wise therein. The locking-bar has'a notch 10, 7 5 and 1l is acam pivoted to the locking member 6 and lying in the notch 10. The cam 11 is provided with a finger 12 for operating' it. The locking-bar 9 is provided with elongated perforations 13, through which the standards 30 may pass, and the walls of the perforations are squared to t snugly in the notches 4 of the standards When the locking-bar is shifted to lock the standard. The locking-bar 9 is provided with a circular opening 14. 35

15 is a small key-barrel rotatably mounted in the locking member and provided With a nib or stud 16 (see Fig. VII) and also provided With a triangular slot 17 for the insertion of a key. When the standards are in- 90 serted in the perforations 13 and the lockingbar 9 stands as shifted to the left. as shown Ain Fig. VII, the squared Walls of the perforations 13 engage the notches 4 and securely lock the standards in place. With the barrel 95 l'turned as shown in Fig. VII, With the stud 16 abutting against the left-hand wall of the opening 14, the locking-bar 9 is locked and cannot be moved to the right to release the standard. By inserting a key in the barrel 15 it may be turned into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. VII, and the finger 12 may be moved up into the position shownin dotted lines, rocking the cam 1l and shifting the locking-bar 9 to the right, thus releasing the standards and permitting the locking member to be rocked on its hinges away from the standards.

18 is the ordinary book-back, fastened by rivets tothe semicircular back 1.

19 designates the leaves of which the record is to be built up.

2O is a leaf-holder approximately equal in length to the length of the leaves and arranged to clamp into the standards at any place therealong, so that when a loose leaf has been inserted the holder may be placed upon v the standards, pressed against the leaf, and locked upon the standards.

21 designates the main bar of the leaf-holder. S22 is a sliding bar mounted thereon, and 23 a lever for moving the same lengthwise of said main bar. rIhe main bar and sliding bar are provided with corresponding notches 24 and 25, adapted to receive the standards 3 when the lever 28 is in one position and to cramp the standards between them when the lever is in its locking position. (Shown in Fig. I and in dotted lines, Fig. V.)

The record-leaves may be permanently secured together by an adhesive, if desired.

In practice to manufacture the book the metal back 1 will be supplied with its adjuncts, and the book-back 18 will then be fastened thereto by riveting, and the leaves will be printed, paged, or otherwise appropriately marked ready for use, and holes w26 may be punched in the edges of the leaves to receive the standards, and the leaf will bepreferably creased along its inner margin to allow it to fold flatly when the book is open. Each record-book will be supplied with the appropriate number of loose leaves, and the recorder may cause the record to be written upon the leaves in regular order, care being taken that none of the leaves are destroyed, so that when the book is finally bound it will include every leaf which has been furnished with a set. In case of any mistake which distroys the usefulness of the leaf the leaf may simply be canceled; but it should be preferably bound in with the book in order to account for the damaged leaf.

In practical use when the record has been written upon both pages of any leaf the locking member may be unlocked and thrown back, the leaf-holder then removed, and the leaf then inserted in position, a suitable adhesive being applied between the newly-inserted leaf and the previously-inserted leaf to prevent removal of the leaf, then the leafholder will be inserted and clamped in position untilanother leaf is to be inserted, and so on until the book is completed. rIhe free space between the locking member when open and the ends of the standards is preferably limited, being less than the space between the standard and the backing 1, and the 'sheets to be inserted will have their rearward portions of greater width than this free space, so that after twenty sheets, more or less, have been fastened together it becomes impossible to remove said sheets from the standards because of the narrowness of said space, so that while the book is being constructed it is proof against being tampered with even though an unauthorized person should become possessed of the-key for unlocking the same. When the book is completed, it maybe finally locked and the keyhole plugged with solder or otherwise filled up, thus preventing any tampering with the book, and the book will be permanently sealed.

WVhat I claim is- 1. In an insertible-leaf record-book, in combination with the book-back, standards attached to and projecting from one side of the book-back, a locking member hinged Ato the other side of the book-back and detachably engaging said standards, the free space between such locking member, when open, and the ends of the standards being less than the space between the standards and the bookback, and insertible leaves having openings through which said standards pass and projecting backwardly from said openings a distance greater than the free space aforesaid.

2. In an insertible-leafrecord-book, in combination with the book-back, standards attached to and projecting from one side of the book-back, leaves fastened together by adhesive material and having openings through which said standards pass, a locking member hinged to the other side of the book-back and detachably engaging said standards, and means slidable on said standards and provided with means for detachable locking engagement with the standard, to clasp the leaves in position, the free space between the locking member when opened and the ends of the standards being less than the space between the standards and the book-back.

3. In a loose-leaf record-book, in combination with a book-back, standards connected to the book-back, the ends of said standards being provided with notches, leaves having perforations through which said standards pass, a locking member hinged to said book-back, said locking member comprising a tubular bar and a slidable bar mounted therein, said tubular bar having perforations and said slidable bar being provided with elongated perforations, the walls of which are squared for engaging the notches in the standards, said slidable bar being also provided with a circular opening, a cam pivoted to the tubular bar and lying in said opening, a finger on said cam whereby said cam may be rocked to shift ICO said slidable bar and lock said standards, and a leaf-holder comprising a main bar and a slidable bar both provided with notches through which the standards pass, and a lever pivot'ed to one of said bars and engaging the other bar and adapted to shift the bars by cach other to throw the notches out of register to .clamp the leaf-holder to said standards.

4. In a loose-leaf record-book, in combination with a book-back, standards connected to the book-back, the ends of said standards being provided with notches, leaves having perforations through which said standards pass, a locking member hinged to said book-back, said locking member comprising a tubular bar and a slidable bar mounted therein, said tubular bar having perforations and said slidable bar being provided with elongated perforations, the walls of which are squared for' engaging the notches in the standards, said v slidable bar being also provided with a circular opening, a cam pivoted to the tubular bar and lying in said opening, a finger on said cam whereby said cam may be rocked to shift said slidable bar and lock said standards, said slidable bar being further provided with a circular perforation, a barrel rotatably mounted inthe tubular member, a stud on the barrel, said stud lying within said circular perforation and adapted to prevent the shifting of the slidable bar when said stud lies longitudinally of said bar, said barrel being provided with key-engaging means, and a leaf-holder comprising a main bar and a slidable bar both provided with notches through which the MARTIN C. NEUNER.

l/Vitnesses:

GEORGE T. HACKLEY, JULIA ToWNsEND. 

